Place You're in [Import]

Kenny Wayne Shepherd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 31, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea Japan
• ASIN: B0006M184O
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (122 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,310,137 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Alive

2. Be Mine

3. Spank

4. Let Go

5. Ain't Selling Out

6. Believe

7. The Place You're In

8. Hey, What Do You Say

9. Get It Together

10. Burdens

11. A Little Bit More [Instrumental]

Editorial Reviews

The Place You're In, Kenny Wayne Shepherd's long-awaited fourth album, marks a stunning stylistic shift for an artist who almost single-handedly introduced blues-rock to a new audience. One of the most acclaimed guitarists of his generation not only leans more heavily toward rock, but also releases his first album featuring his vocals. Says Shepherd, whose first three albums went gold or platinum & who has earned seven Top 10 Mainstream Rock cuts & three Grammy. nominations: "We're all growing & changing....We might as well get behind it & enjoy the ride." & enjoy The Place You're In. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

84 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I'm afraid he's lost me, October 16, 2004

By 

Steven W. Hill "Owner of shillpages.com" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Place You're In (Audio CD)

I was getting so excited leading up to this release. I put in the first three albums again and listened to them a few more times. Each one was progressively better than the last, so I just *could not wait* to hear what would be next!

The day it came out, I didn't have enough money, so I had to content myself with looking at it in a store. "Hmm, just Kenny Wayne Shepherd," I thought, "Not KWS Band. Hope that's not a bad thing."

Ouch. Bad thing.

I did what others apparently did - double-checked to make sure the disc hadn't been mis-pressed. I could have sworn after the first three tracks that I wasn't listening to Kenny Wayne Shepherd, even though I could *occasionally, slightly* hear his guitar style. It's not just the absence of the fantastic Noah Hunt on vocals (always such a distinctive and wonderful part of the whole KWS Band sound), no, the musical style is different too. Gone are the blues, and I lament their absence. I never minded a good straightforward rock song or three on the KWSB albums; on the contrary, they blended in nicely and rounded out the whole listening experience. This album has a homogenous and sadly dull and unexciting sound overall. It hurts to write this review. I'm frequently a defender of stylistic changes that bands go through, but this one just falls flat, and I do believe KWS has come close to losing this once-enthusiastic fan.

29 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Where Has All The Blues Gone?, October 29, 2004

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Rude "The Bandit" (The Boro) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Place You're In (Audio CD)

A few years back the blues rock scene was smokin' with young and very talented guitarist like, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Mato Naji of Indigenous, they were all doing some great blues rock stuff and getting noticed everywhere. My question is where has all the blues gone? None of these guys play the blues any more, everyone wanted to call all three of these guys the next SRV, but Stevie Ray never sold out the blues he just kept re-inventing it, I still believe there is hope for Mato Naji to get back on the blues track, but I have given up on Jonny Lang and it looks like I can count KWS out as well. If it wasn't for the Blues all three of these cats would have never been discovered! If you want real blues rock then get you a Joe Bonamassa CD you won't be disappointed like I was with this CD. All I have to say to Kenny is remember where you came from!!!

The Bandit
www.banditbluesradio.com

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For Diehards Only, June 6, 2006

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MrSavoie2U (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Place You're In (Audio CD)

Like so many artists before him who have tried jumping outside the box,Kenny Wayne Shepherd has failed to make a successful impact on this disc.Kenny Wayne grew up loving the blues,wanting to play the blues;this is not the blues.This is,as one reviewer put it,generic arena rock,but slightly better.Songs such as "Let Go" and "Believe" are what I would expect from Kenny.Songs like "Alive" and "Spanked" are songs I would expect from Lenny Kravitz(whom I cant stand by the way).The vocals and guitars are fine.The lyrics and style of music leave much to be desired.Like a return to previous form on his next album.Only diehard KWS fans should purchase this disc,otherwise check for the two songs I mentioned on ITunes and go with that along with his previous three discs.